Ndanusa, lauds Minister for reforms

The President of the Nigeria Olympic Committee (NOC) Sanni Ndanusa has praised Sports Minister, Bolaji Abdullahi for granting sports federations more autonomy. He said it was over due.

The NOC boss stated that the new policy would bring sports administration in the country in line international standard. “Greater autonomy will definitely make the Federations more effective, especially if adequate monitoring mechanism is put in place,” Ndanusa said. He said that NSC should give the Federations targets by reviewing their performance on a yearly basis to ensure success.

Secretaries of Sporting Federations were recalled back to the commission this week by Abdullahi. The federations would now have to appoint their own Secretaries.

The NSC will set the guidelines for the appointment of Secretaries

Similarly, , President of the Nigeria Table Tennis Federation (NTTF), Kayode Abdulwahab revealed that the new policy would improve performance”

“I am convinced that the Federations have the capacity to rise if given the support like football”, he said.

He further praised the Minister of Sports, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi for being passionate about all sports and only Football’.